"The EAGA is now in the revival stage. We are seeing more and more exchanges these days," said Romeo Montenegro, communications chief of the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco).
Medco serves as the countrys secretariat of the EAGA, a geo-economic grouping composed of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Montenegro is optimistic that meetings of senior officials and ministers of the EAGA members will be revived in June or July.
President Arroyo has declared the last week of March as EAGA Week to mark EAGAs founding on March 24, 1994. Edith Regalado